Klaus Schulze: Cocooning (2002)

Klaus Schulze - Cocooning

KS Album 46

Track Listing:

1.	Easy Listening	26:11
2.	And she is kind and gentle	12:01
3.	I just have to sing my hymns	20:03
4.	It still is now	02:17
5.	Blowing through the high grass	06:20
6.	Many dreams have faded in	01:29
7.	Many fears have vanished	09:36
8.	As the years went by	02:07

Notes:
(1) Tobias Becker plays oboe.
(2) Thomas Kagermann plays violin and flute.
(3) Julia Messenger sings vocals.
(4) Mickes plays guitar.
(5) Tom Dams plays beats and loops.

Rating: 3 Stars

This is the 46th solo album recorded by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released as the fifth album of the "Contemporary Works 2" box set. All eight tracks run into one another as a single long track, I could call the whole album "Easy Listening". It's pleasant music, but forgettable. The problem is that Klaus himself remains in the background for most of the album. In the first track the guitar played by Mickes (Michael Luecker) is in the foreground. In the second track Tobias Becker's oboe is in the foreground. In the following tracks the instruments alternate, while Klaus Schulze's synthesizer hums in the background. It sounds more like a Wahnfried album than a true Schulze solo album.